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  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    jmonroe said:

    graphicguy said:

    28firefighter said:

    I am from home 99.5% of the time. I go into the local office only for administrative stuff. I can reserve a desk or office if I need it. But I rarely do. My whole team is remote and not located in Seattle, so no point in going in.

    I’ve been a remote worker for 20+ years. There’s an office at our HQ with my name on a nameplate outside the door. But, whenever I go there (which is maybe 2-3 times/year), everyone around the office looks at me like I’m an interloper. Plus, there’s nothing on the walls. Just a screen, keyboard and mouse sitting on an empty desk looking forlorn. LOL!

    My office phone is a cell (Android). My laptop is an HP running windows. I have a printer, desk, keyboard, mouse, monitor, pics on the wall and a view out my window of the woods in my back yard. I like it that way.

    I have another cell phone for all my personal stuff (iPhone). My personal laptop is a MAcBook Air. And, when I just need access to emails, I use my iPad as my travel computer.

    So, I have one foot in the Android and Windows environment and another in the Apple ecosystem.

    Q...thanks for looking up the lease parameters on both Kias and Genesis. Looks like if I’m going to dip my toes back into the leasing pool, neither will be on my radar. If I decide to buy outright, the Stinger GT is still selling for around $40K on a $50K+ MSRP.

    Suggestion: Sell a couple of those pictures and buy what you really want...a Porsche. ;)

    jmonroe
    I think you are projecting what you would like onto GG. :p

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • abacomikeabacomike Member Posts: 12,388
    edited December 2019
    They had to shut down FLL for 3-4 hours this morning due to 7.5 inches of rain in just 3 hours - runways were flooded. We had 5 inches of rain here in my area. Those tornado warnings have been lifted. Rainfall amounts broke records for one day totals.

    2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,671
    edited December 2019
    These Florida folks go to Florida and tell us how great it is because they aren't getting COLD and they aren't getting SNOW like those of us back north are. Four-lettered words.

    Then they get a little RAIN and warm breezes and they complain. Never happy.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    edited December 2019
    imidazol97 said:

    These Florida folks go to Florida and tell us how great it is because they aren't getting COLD and they aren't getting SNOW like those of us back north are. Four-lettered words.
    Then they get a little RAIN and warm breezes and they complain. Never happy.

    Yeh, it was a disaster....my tennis game got canceled this morning because the courts were too wet :'(
    I have played 3 times a week since Nov 1st, and I have been rained out twice now....terrible!
    We had sunshine from 10 a.m. until noon today, so we took Trixie and walked around the Outlet Mall, a really tough day!

    Only got to 70 today, should be no rain and be in the high 70s for the rest of the week and weekend.

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    Maytag update for those of you anxiously wanting to know how it is working.
    It does a fantastic job, and we like the way it works with all the lights to tell you what it is doing.
    So nice not to have to scrape off plates and live like the Waltons....now the garbage disposal can chomp up most things and if they get missed the Maytag has the strongest mulcher in the business.

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    edited December 2019
    Hand washed the winter gray off the cars today. We were coming home from visiting and the car was filthy. Temps got into the 50s. Picked the dog up and went by a couple of car washes and they were backed up onto the roads. So I turned the front hose back on and got to it. Of course it was back into the 40s by then so my fingers got pretty numb :)
  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    PF_Flyer said:

    Hand washed the winter gray off the cars today. We were coming home from visiting and the car was filthy. Temps got into the 50s. Picked the dog up and went by a couple of car washes and they were backed up onto the roads. So I turned the front hose back on and got to it. Of course it was back into the 40s by then so my fingers got pretty numb :)

    In Florida we do a Florida wash. Just leave the car out in the rain and it turns out sparkling clean!

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,330
    I would have done ours in the driveway but I was not able to get to it until dark. so went over after dinner to the spray it off yourself place. $3 and all the residual salt and grime is off, so I can touch it now without getting filthy. then came home, toweled it off, and scrub the windshield inside and out. so should be good to go for Christmas travel tomorrow (heading to OldFarmer land).

    Hopefully it stays dry, otherwise the salt spray on the NY Thruway will make the wash job a distant memory! But at least it will look good on the way up.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,330
    Driver, thanks for the Maytag report. Our old one seems to be working OK again. Not sure what was going on the other day. Maybe we imagined it all and once we started screwing around it got confused. In any case, DW shopping is not on hold. But if we need to end up getting one, definitely going with the nicer Maytag.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,330
    my Amazon box of filter came today. New air and cabin filters for the RDX. so much cheaper than having the dealer do it, and I think it was a total of 5 minutes to replace both. 3 of which were spent emptying out the glove box crap, then putting it back!

    $22 total. Dealer wanted $49 just to put in an air filter. and the package of cabin filters was a 2 pack, so one for the future (or may use it in the TLX which I think uses the same one).

    old ones were pretty dirty looking. so glad to have fresh ones in there.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,317
    My problem with having a beater is that if it's a pretty nice car I just can't leave it alone. As I mentioned a while back, I put new speakers in the Clubman and also updated the navigation system. Then I got tired of looking at the broken passenger sun visor and bought a new one. Today I installed a set of Phillips X-treme Vision headlamp bulbs.

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
    Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
    Son's: 2018 330i xDrive

  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,190
    edited December 2019
    stickguy said:

    I would have done ours in the driveway but I was not able to get to it until dark. so went over after dinner to the spray it off yourself place. $3 and all the residual salt and grime is off, so I can touch it now without getting filthy. then came home, toweled it off, and scrub the windshield inside and out. so should be good to go for Christmas travel tomorrow (heading to OldFarmer land).

    Hopefully it stays dry, otherwise the salt spray on the NY Thruway will make the wash job a distant memory! But at least it will look good on the way up.


    Shouldn’t be too salty, we’re not expecting any snow this week.

    Be careful on the local highways around here. Just some of the craziness going on includes:

    Christmas shopping pedestrians getting run down on the sidewalk.

    Masked man breaking into cars at the mall leads police on an hour long chase through multiple towns before crashing his stolen truck.

    Two drunken women crash in separate incidents (one into a house) at a village near your relatives.

    People airlifted to the hospital after pulling out from the shoulder in front of a tractor-trailer on the Thruway where you’ll be driving.

    And that’s just today.

    When you get to Amsterdam make sure you stroll across the “bridge to nowhere” courtesy of our local do nothing Congressman.

    2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible

  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,938
    stickguy said:

    my Amazon box of filter came today. New air and cabin filters for the RDX. so much cheaper than having the dealer do it, and I think it was a total of 5 minutes to replace both. 3 of which were spent emptying out the glove box crap, then putting it back!

    $22 total. Dealer wanted $49 just to put in an air filter. and the package of cabin filters was a 2 pack, so one for the future (or may use it in the TLX which I think uses the same one).

    old ones were pretty dirty looking. so glad to have fresh ones in there.

    Lol... I was digging around in the basement shelves yesterday and came across a new cabin filter and air filter for the Enclave. I bought them and never put them in.... guess I should do that.

    2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic

  • suydamsuydam Member Posts: 5,063
    Had to go out and take the dog to the vet yesterday (unexpected) and ran some errands. We aren’t even in a big city and it was nuts! Every parking lot jammed full. It’s not that people who are out on the roads are necessarily bad drivers, but they sure are distracted this time of year. Happy to get safely home with us and the dog and planning to stay in today!
    '24 Kia Sportage PHEV
    '24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,330
    oldfarmer50 said:

    stickguy said:

    I would have done ours in the driveway but I was not able to get to it until dark. so went over after dinner to the spray it off yourself place. $3 and all the residual salt and grime is off, so I can touch it now without getting filthy. then came home, toweled it off, and scrub the windshield inside and out. so should be good to go for Christmas travel tomorrow (heading to OldFarmer land).

    Hopefully it stays dry, otherwise the salt spray on the NY Thruway will make the wash job a distant memory! But at least it will look good on the way up.


    Shouldn’t be too salty, we’re not expecting any snow this week.

    Be careful on the local highways around here. Just some of the craziness going on includes:

    Christmas shopping pedestrians getting run down on the sidewalk.

    Masked man breaking into cars at the mall leads police on an hour long chase through multiple towns before crashing his stolen truck.

    Two drunken women crash in separate incidents (one into a house) at a village near your relatives.

    People airlifted to the hospital after pulling out from the shoulder in front of a tractor-trailer on the Thruway where you’ll be driving.

    And that’s just today.

    When you get to Amsterdam make sure you stroll across the “bridge to nowhere” courtesy of our local do nothing Congressman.
    I see that you know my wife's family! J/K (in case she reads this).

    I have been on the bridge to nowhere. It is useless, but they did a nice job on it with the seating areas, art, memorials, etc.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,330
    tjc78 said:

    stickguy said:

    my Amazon box of filter came today. New air and cabin filters for the RDX. so much cheaper than having the dealer do it, and I think it was a total of 5 minutes to replace both. 3 of which were spent emptying out the glove box crap, then putting it back!

    $22 total. Dealer wanted $49 just to put in an air filter. and the package of cabin filters was a 2 pack, so one for the future (or may use it in the TLX which I think uses the same one).

    old ones were pretty dirty looking. so glad to have fresh ones in there.

    Lol... I was digging around in the basement shelves yesterday and came across a new cabin filter and air filter for the Enclave. I bought them and never put them in.... guess I should do that.
    good news, my extra cabin filter also fits the TLX! not that I plan to change it before the lease ends in 2 years

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    oldfarmer50 said:

    stickguy said:

    I would have done ours in the driveway but I was not able to get to it until dark. so went over after dinner to the spray it off yourself place. $3 and all the residual salt and grime is off, so I can touch it now without getting filthy. then came home, toweled it off, and scrub the windshield inside and out. so should be good to go for Christmas travel tomorrow (heading to OldFarmer land).

    Hopefully it stays dry, otherwise the salt spray on the NY Thruway will make the wash job a distant memory! But at least it will look good on the way up.


    Two drunken women crash in separate incidents (one into a house) at a village near your relatives.

    People airlifted to the hospital after pulling out from the shoulder in front of a tractor-trailer on the Thruway where you’ll be driving.

    And that’s just today.

    .
    ...and I thought these things only happen around here.
    Last week after pickleball I was headed out on a 2 lane 50 mph country road.....had to put on the brakes and swerve to the shoulder as some maniac was passing a car in the oncoming side.

    Yesterday I came off an exit ramp from I-75 and I was going faster than most people, but the guy behind me was right on my bumper...he looked like a Kamikaze pilot when I saw him in my rearview mirror. I veered into the left lane and he was going straight, and came within 2 inches of the right side of the car....I guess to prove something to me - the only thing he proved was that he was a total idiot! I thought he was going to try and swoop around me and get in front of me....and I think that was his plan, then when he saw he couldn't do it went to the right instead.

    Every day, someone plows into a house or a store in the area. This guy hit a bar/hotel!



    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • carnaughtcarnaught Member Posts: 3,575
    Back to cable/internet/tv bundling....Cox tells me I will get no more increases in 2020 on my 24 mos. “guaranteed” rate. Yeah, my 24 mos. agreement is up in July, as if I believe them anyway.

    I’m shopping around and may have access to fiber based internet service. Does anyone have it yet?
  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,317
    edited December 2019
    If someone is tailgating me I goad them into trying to keep up on a ramp or a curve. Hilarity often ensues, like the the time a numbskull smashed his Camaro's oil pan on a frost heave trying to catch my Bavaria back in the '80s.

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
    Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
    Son's: 2018 330i xDrive

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,265
    In a more seasonal theme, wishing all the best to my fellow members here. Hoping Santa leaves a fix to the forums software under the Edmunds tree that lets us use the menu pulldowns again.

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    2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6

  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,190
    edited December 2019
    Got an early Christmas present this morning.

    I had my yearly physical and the nurse took my blood pressure. 120/70.

    Doctor didn’t believe it since I told her I had been eating and drinking like a pig since the weather got cold and the only exercise I’ve gotten is raising the footrest on my easy chair.

    She repeated it and got the same reading. Without medication.

    Looks like I’ve got the body of a teenager.

    (You may now swing at that soft ball)

    2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,408
    Just come to WA if you don't like being tailgated, most around here drive so slow that it probably won't happen very often.

    Merry Christmas (or whatever is applicable) to all, may everyone get a trunkload of presents:

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  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    Wow.....you got all dressed up and loaded the fintail with all those wrapped gifts for that nice picture.
    Happy Christmas and/or Hanukkah to all!

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • andres3andres3 Member Posts: 13,923
    jmonroe said:

    explorerx4 said:

    @stickguy ,
    Do you know who thick the rear pads are when new?
    A lot of times rear pads are thinner than front ones.

    Since most people don't know when brake pads should be replaced. Years ago an accepted practice was to replace pads when they have worn down to the thickness of the backing plate. That is being a little conservative but you'll never be in trouble following that rule. I personally think that 4 mms thickness is when I'd replace pads. No sense grinding rotors because you'd like to get another 1 mm of wear out of brake pads.

    jmonroe
    Some performance car makers recommend new rotors "every time" anyway, so you might as well get down to the metal in those cases then?
    '18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
  • andres3andres3 Member Posts: 13,923
    jmonroe said:

    stickguy said:

    thanks JM. I think the big decision point is about rotors. If you plan to keep them as is or do a minor resurface, change pads sooner. If you know the rotors are going to be replaced too, just run the pads to the nubs.

    I wouldn't recommend doing that because your stopping distance is greatly increased. Think of it like this and you'll agree with me:

    The friction of the brake pad against the rotor is what stops the car. The more friction the better your stoping power. Now, when you have the metal of the backing plate grinding against a cast iron rotor you get sparks and lots of them. No car has been designed to stop from the generation of sparks. Simple huh?

    jmonroe
    Oops, hadn't read this response yet; then don't wait for metal, but no more than 1 mm left.
    '18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
  • jmonroejmonroe Member Posts: 8,989
    oldfarmer50 said:

    Got an early Christmas present this morning.

    I had my yearly physical and the nurse took my blood pressure. 120/70.

    Doctor didn’t believe it since I told her I had been eating and drinking like a pig since the weather got cold and the only exercise I’ve gotten is raising the footrest on my easy chair.

    She repeated it and got the same reading.

    Looks like I’ve got the body of a teenager.

    (You may now swing at that soft ball)

    No not me. Blood pressure is one of my best parts, usually 120/60 so I know what you mean. Years ago when a nurse took my blood pressure prior to a routine office visit, after she looked at my past readings, she said something like, "does your wife have to kick start you in the morning to get you going"? I replied,"NO but she has been known to chase me around the dining room table every now and then". Her response to that was, "I'm sure you deserve it". Women always stick together about that stuff.

    jmonroe

    '15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl

  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,317
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAKm5Ek-Y40&fbclid=IwAR28NKOiWZpsfMzPSmyMjhqtLazGbBFv3xSBgTmCK4RjwsG5KY4WpYhucac

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
    Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
    Son's: 2018 330i xDrive

  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,317
    edited December 2019
    Happy Holidays to All!!!

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
    Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
    Son's: 2018 330i xDrive

  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,317

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
    Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
    Son's: 2018 330i xDrive

  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,317
    Finally...

    Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
    Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
    Son's: 2018 330i xDrive

  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,570
    While walking to the car, leaving work today around 2:00, fun being had on a 67 degree afternoon at the outdoor skating rink located at the Nascar Hall of Fame

    2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    roadburner said:

    If someone is tailgating me I goad them into trying to keep up on a ramp or a curve. Hilarity often ensues, like the the time a numbskull smashed his Camaro's oil pan on a frost heave trying to catch my Bavaria back in the '80s.

    I had fun with this guy too. I could have moved more to the left and let him pass and probably go in front of me. I stayed in the middle so he couldn't get by, if he did try to pass I would have sped up and taken the left turning lane to go left (2 lanes), which would leave him in the right lane that would be turning left...and he would be behind a big slow moving semi-tractor truck ha ha.

    I have a feeling he realized that, so took the right turning lane instead so he wouldn't feel like a complete dork.

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,190
    Come on, we know what Santa really drives.


    2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    oldfarmer....that is what he drives in your dreams at least :)

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,190
    Here’s a Christmas feel-good story.

    https://youtu.be/7ExPULieTYM

    I have the same addiction.

    2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible

  • laurasdadalaurasdada Member Posts: 5,181
    Happy Merry to all!

    '21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)

  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,733
    edited December 2019
    That hoovies video made me do a search. Only 3 wagons with fewer than 90k miles within 100 miles of me, and all owned by same seller. This one is probably the pick of the litter. Not a good color combo, but man does it look nice.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/259767727

    He does have a manual wagon, but it is a 9-3, and the price is pretty dear.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/261431057

    '11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S

  • 28firefighter28firefighter Member Posts: 9,817
    qbrozen said:

    That hoovies video made me do a search. Only 3 wagons with fewer than 90k miles within 100 miles of me, and all owned by same seller. This one is probably the pick of the litter. Not a good color combo, but man does it look nice.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/259767727

    He does have a manual wagon, but it is a 9-3, and the price is pretty dear.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/261431057

    He’s a well known Saab seller. Reputable from what I understand.
    2025 Jetta GLI Autobahn, 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xE
  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,190
    edited December 2019
    qbrozen said:

    That hoovies video made me do a search. Only 3 wagons with fewer than 90k miles within 100 miles of me, and all owned by same seller. This one is probably the pick of the litter. Not a good color combo, but man does it look nice.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/259767727

    He does have a manual wagon, but it is a 9-3, and the price is pretty dear.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/261431057

    You’re kind of looking for a unicorn there. Will only a Sabb do? For those prices you might get a BMW wagon. Can’t be any more rare.

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/ctd/d/melville-2008-bmw-328xi-wagon-very-low/7026456990.html

    2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible

  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,733
    oldfarmer50 said:

    qbrozen said:

    That hoovies video made me do a search. Only 3 wagons with fewer than 90k miles within 100 miles of me, and all owned by same seller. This one is probably the pick of the litter. Not a good color combo, but man does it look nice.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/259767727

    He does have a manual wagon, but it is a 9-3, and the price is pretty dear.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/261431057

    You’re kind of looking for a unicorn there. Will only a Sabb do? For those prices you might get a BMW wagon. Can’t be any more rare.

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/ctd/d/melville-2008-bmw-328xi-wagon-very-low/7026456990.html
    The 9-5 wagon is considerably larger than the 3-series, however.

    '11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S

  • ronsteveronsteve Member Posts: 1,234
    suydam said:

    Haven’t had a landline phone for at least a decade.

    Problem is once you dump your landline, and your cell is the only phone attached to enough of your accounts, guess where the spam calls go!
    2015 Acura RDX AWD / 2021 VW TIguan SE 4Motion
  • houdini1houdini1 Member Posts: 8,351
    sda said:

    driver100 said:

    I mean....3 pointed star on the grill.......mastery over the land, sea and air!

    Mercy, that needs washing. Where is JMonroe and is waxing expertise?


    I think that is just corrosion from cheap materials.

    2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,330
    Uneventful trip up the thruway yesterday. Traffic as expected was flying. Not expected was seeing so many troopers out. They were everywhere. Only 1 doing a stop. Still ended up doing 80 way too often...

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • houdini1houdini1 Member Posts: 8,351
    driver100 said:

    imidazol97 said:

    These Florida folks go to Florida and tell us how great it is because they aren't getting COLD and they aren't getting SNOW like those of us back north are. Four-lettered words.
    Then they get a little RAIN and warm breezes and they complain. Never happy.

    Yeh, it was a disaster....my tennis game got canceled this morning because the courts were too wet :'(
    I have played 3 times a week since Nov 1st, and I have been rained out twice now....terrible!
    We had sunshine from 10 a.m. until noon today, so we took Trixie and walked around the Outlet Mall, a really tough day!

    Only got to 70 today, should be no rain and be in the high 70s for the rest of the week and weekend.

    A week ago I was shoveling snow. Supposed to be 68 today on Christmas Day, and have played golf 2 days this week !! I love global warming.

    2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460

  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,190
    stickguy said:

    Uneventful trip up the thruway yesterday. Traffic as expected was flying. Not expected was seeing so many troopers out. They were everywhere. Only 1 doing a stop. Still ended up doing 80 way too often...

    My ex trooper co workers claim they won’t usually touch you below 78.

    2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible

  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    Merry Christmas to all. We will be flying down to Florida later on this afternoon.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    houdini1 said:

    driver100 said:

    imidazol97 said:

    These Florida folks go to Florida and tell us how great it is because they aren't getting COLD and they aren't getting SNOW like those of us back north are. Four-lettered words.
    Then they get a little RAIN and warm breezes and they complain. Never happy.

    Yeh, it was a disaster....my tennis game got canceled this morning because the courts were too wet :'(
    I have played 3 times a week since Nov 1st, and I have been rained out twice now....terrible!
    We had sunshine from 10 a.m. until noon today, so we took Trixie and walked around the Outlet Mall, a really tough day!

    Only got to 70 today, should be no rain and be in the high 70s for the rest of the week and weekend.

    A week ago I was shoveling snow. Supposed to be 68 today on Christmas Day, and have played golf 2 days this week !! I love global warming.
    Things here are a bit mixed up, we had a white Halloween and a green Christmas.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    oldfarmer50 said:

    qbrozen said:

    That hoovies video made me do a search. Only 3 wagons with fewer than 90k miles within 100 miles of me, and all owned by same seller. This one is probably the pick of the litter. Not a good color combo, but man does it look nice.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/259767727

    He does have a manual wagon, but it is a 9-3, and the price is pretty dear.
    https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/share/261431057

    You’re kind of looking for a unicorn there. Will only a Sabb do? For those prices you might get a BMW wagon. Can’t be any more rare.

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/ctd/d/melville-2008-bmw-328xi-wagon-very-low/7026456990.html
    or a 2014 C250 with only 30k miles on it for even less, $11700. If you need a wagon you can buy a little trailer ;)

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    snakeweasel said:

    Merry Christmas to all. We will be flying down to Florida later on this afternoon.

    You hit it right. There has been a few cloudy, rainy and cool days this week, but beginning today, sunshine and high 70s until at least the weekend.

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,586
    I just got a card in the mail offering me $150 off at the Mercedes dealer if I get at least $300 worth of repairs.

    What are the odds, I can get exactly $300 worth of work done, and come out paying only $150 for it.

    It is an advertising program I am skeptical of......better to give 25% off or something. Why does someone getting $300 worth of work get the same savings as someone doing $1000 worth of work?

    2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250

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